On Nahshon: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste naason , egressus de egypto , princeps in tribu juda et ita uerum est quod dixit dominus ad abraham in genesi, quod quinta generatione exierunt filii israel de egypto , facta computatione secundum tribum regiam ut generationes uocemus non personas sed successiones; quod potes uidere computando a juda ad naason : nam quinquies dicitur ibi genuit; si uero in littera illa contineatur quarta generatione, in tribu sacerdotali sumendus est ordo computantibus a leui ad eleazar .

This Nahshon, who came out of Egypt, was commander of the tribe of Judah, and so what the Lord said to Abraham in Genesis is true: that in the fifth generation the children of Israel came out of Egypt, calculating according to the royal tribe and calling generations not people but successions, because as you can see, counting from Judah to Nahshon, ‘he begot’ is said there five times. If, however, that text meant the fourth generation in the priestly tribe, the order must be computed by counting from Levi to Eleazar.

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Image excerpts from the manuscripts (as grouped by main graph versions) are the result of tool-based image annotation (via Cadmus) or manual extraction. For each manuscript version only these visually annotated manuscripts are listed here. For the grouping of all manuscripts we provide a separate list (Manuscript groups). Transcriptions are semi-diplomatic following project specific rules.

Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Iste Naason egressus de egipto princeps in tribu iuda . et ita
uerum est quod dixit dominus ad abraham in genesi. quod quinta generati
one exierunt filij israel de egipto. facta computatione. secundum tribum regi
am. ut generationes uocemus non personas. sed successiones.
quod potes uidere computare a iuda ad naason. Nam quinquies
dicitur ibi genuit. Si uero in littera illa contineatur. iiija. generatione
in tribu sacerdotali sumendus est ordo. computantibus a leuj ad eleazar.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste naason egressus de egypto princeps in tribu iuda et ita uerum est quod
dixit dominus ad abraham in genesi quod quinta generatione exirent filii
israel de egypto facta computacione secundum tribum regiam. ut generationes non per
sonas. sed successiones quod potes uidere computando a iuda ad naason.
nam quinquies ibi dicitur genuit. Si uero in littera illa contineatur. iiiita. generatione in
tribu sacerdotali sumendus est ordo computantibus leui ad eleazar.

Linz, Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek, Hs. 490 (Schiffmann 26) (Lz1)

Manuscript group AT2

Köln, Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, W 247 (Kö)

Manuscript group BE1

Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696 (K)

Manuscript group FR1

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste naason egressus de egypto princeps in tribu iuda. et ita ue
rum est quod dixit dominus ad abraham in genesi. quod quinta genera
tione exierunt filii israel de egypto. facta computatione secundum
tribum regiam. ut generationes uocemus non personas sed succes
siones. quod potes uidere computando a iuda ad naason. nam quin
quies dicitur ibi genuit. Si uero in littera illa contineatur .iiiia.
generatione. in tribu sacerdotali sumendus est ordo computantibus

Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Sal. IX, 40 (H)

Manuscript group GB3

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Iste Naason egressus
est de egypto princeps
in tribu iuda. et ita
uerum est quod dixit dominus ad
abraham in genesi
quod quinta generatione
exierunt filii israel
de egipto. facta com
putatione secundum
tribum regiam. ut ge
nerationes uocemus
non per sonas! sed successiones
quod potes uidere compu
tando a iuda ad naason. Nam quin
quies dicitur ibi gen
uit. Si uero in littera
illa contineatur .iiiia. generatione in tribu
sacerdotali su
mendus est ordo
computantibus
a leui ad eleazar.

Version 2

Cleveland, Museum of Art, 1973.5 (Cl)

Admont, Benediktinerstift, Cod. 128 (Ad)

Manuscript group AT3

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11 (F1)

Manuscript group FR3

Version 3

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 83 (C3)

Manuscript group GB2

Version 4

Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. germ. quart 13 (Fm)

Manuscript group CH1

Version 6

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. Apel 1 (Le1)

Manuscript group NL1

Citation recommendation

On Nahshon: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-naason.

Credits

Data modeling, data curation and web design: Jakob Sonnberger
Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
Mercator Fellows: Laura Cleaver and Franz Fischer